Question

Average height of Tibetan Plateau is __________________.
A. 7200 meters
B. 4500 meters
C. 7300 meters
D. 1200 meters

Answer 1

Hint: The Tibetan plateau lies between the Kunlun Mountains and its associated reaches toward the north and the Himalayas and Karakoram Range toward the south and southwest, respectively.

Complete answer: Tibetan Plateau is an immensely high-level plateau of southwestern China. It includes the entirety of the Tibet Autonomous Region and quite a bit of Qinghai province and stretches out into western Sichuan province and southern Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. The plateau has an area of around 2,500,000 square kilometres, is a region of tangled mountains and uplands that has an elevation of over 4,000 to 5,000 meters above the sea level.

The Tibetan Plateau contains Asia’s ten biggest river systems encompassing the region. The presence of tens of thousands of glaciers and other ecological and geographical features helps in maintaining the flow of the streams and also serves as a "water tower" storing water. Towards the northeast of the plateau, the Qinghai province has an enormous populace of Hui and Mongols, including the Tibetans and flaunts China's biggest Qinghai lake, is also the area of the country's first atomic weapons facility. The Qinghai's Qaidam basin contains enormous mineral, oil, and gas reserves that are beneficial for the country.

Thus, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: The Tibetan plateau was formed by the same forces which shaped the Himalayas, in particular, the movement of the Indian continental plate into Asia. The Plateau greatly affects the atmosphere and is the primary driver of the monsoon rains.